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• Re: Fwd: 82 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Mon, 16 May 2011 19:38:10 -0400
  ...dead battery for whatever reason...so i tried > jumping it with another car and even when i hooked up cables to battery > ...nothing. i...
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 May 2008 08:32:06 -0400
  ...One thing to note is that the chassis battery is fed by basically a number 10 wire from the alternator to the starter cable...
• Re: 2nd batt. charging and relays. The whole truth
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 19:19:52 EDT
  ...Connecting dead auxiliary battery to alternator or charged battery with 3/8 inch cable of stranded copper. Will support current of 75 amps plus...
• FW: Radiator fan - Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Mon, 7 Sep 2020 13:32:36 -0400
  ...I resorted to disconnecting the battery to shut it off and save the battery from deep discharge. Anyone want to weigh in on the...
• Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 20:49:21 -0400
  ...Things can get even worse when a battery goes up. Be sure the battery cables are installed properly and the plastic cover goes over...
• Re: vanagon fire
  Historical mailing list - Art Jury
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 21:56:03 -0800
  ...fuses to the battery circuits. You need to know what you're doing. You can't easily fuse the starter cable. On Sat, Feb...
• Re: Dead 83.5 Westy (injector power)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:48:26 -0400
  ...Is there an easy way to use > these things on a Vanagon, or do I need battery extension cables? > > Erik > > On 6/25/07...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:01:49 -0400
  ...next to it and switches from starting battery to > small gel cell house battery. The starter cable is not switched. > > This system has worked...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:42:06 -0400
  ...at the battery while cranking, you have a problem in your circuit (either coroded Battery Cable, bad ground on the battery, or bad ground...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 14:17:38 -1000
  ...I bought once....in the end it was a matter of battery cable sizes. quite odd, but that was it. ) On 11/29/2014...
• '56 Kombi Starting Problem Fixed?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 19:07:46 -0800 (PST)
  ...First I tightened everything up, then I replaced the battery, then last weekend I replaced the starter, today another battery and new cables. All...
• Re: Inverter advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 16:19:53 -0700
  ...That means BIG cables connecting it to the battery, and a soon-to-be-dead battery as well. I think they are only practical...
• Re: Dual Battery Installation Instructions on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:04:03 -0700
  ...Batteries are connected using battery cable (0 or 2 ga) so I can use the 2nd battery to assist in starting. This needs to...
• Re: Starter One more time!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 May 2011 08:24:55 -0400
  ...I am wondering if it could be the positive cable at the battery however it is nice and clean. Maybe it is in bad...
• Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 13:16:03 -0400
  ...Also, It not about the battery cable or > the large (6.0) Red wire connecting to the B+ alternator terminal. > > > Thanks, > > Ed >
• Re: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 17:33:11 -0400
  ...Remember to disconnect >> the (-) battery cable before doing this. >> � The big red wires connect to a stud on the starter, where a larger red...
• RE: Fresh Air Fan in '84 Westy - ARGHHH!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Jun 1995 13:02:20 -0400
  ...I now feel pretty good about what's under there, and I took the opportunity to clean, tighten, and straighten wires, heater cables, and...
• Re: Start battery any new tips when replacing?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:28:37 -0600
  I found a Group 41 battery at Canadian Tire but it was pretty old - they sold it to me at a discount. Be sure...
• Re: Too cold, no start at Bus Brr
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:14:05 -0500
  ...My battery is about 2.5 > years old. > Put the charger on it for an hour, no help and jumper cables didn't > help...
• Re: Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Sep 2016 23:17:58 +0000
  ...Also, you may be getting miss lead so you also need to look at the B+ wire from the alternator to the battery. It...
• Starter relay bypass repost
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:25:03 -0500
  ...If you get >approximately battery voltage, you know you've got the right one. Make >sure handy friend removes the battery cable before proceeding...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:27:48 -0700
  ...next to it and switches from starting battery to > small gel cell house battery. The starter cable is not switched. > > This system has worked...
• Auto back up switch
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:45:05 -0700
  ...They have to have big cables >> direct to the battery; a heavy switch that can switch them on and off under >> load without burning...
• repost: 71 camper for sale (IL)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 15 Dec 95 23:15:19 CST
  ...is a very rare car. Many new parts icl. battery, clutch, brake and accel. cables, recent brake and clutch job also has tires w...
• Attn: Bruce Conway re: sale items
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:40:35 -0700
  ...long cable so that it can be used from driver's seat-can > monitor voltages at AFM, both temp sensors, > oxygen sensor, battery, etc...
• Re: Dash light problem...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 1 May 2003 13:48:09 -0700
  ...problem with the idiot lights in my dash, the "oil" and "battery" > lights have ceased to work (no longer come on when the key...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lackner
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:53:31 -0700
  ...got my 2nd battery in there with fuses etc. But on my earlier vanagon I kept my tow rope, jumper cables and emergency tire...
• Re: Aux. Wire/Battery Install Pics/Notes
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:22:56 -0700
  ...normal battery > box so you can get batteries in/out without deforming the box and so > there is more room for the cables. Throw...
• Re: setting up millimeter to check current draw
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:27:45 -0500
  ...Do I use the volts setting and go across the fuse connections with the fuse out, or pull one of the battery cables to...
• Re: can vanagon run w/out alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 4 Nov 2001 22:16:04 +1200
  ...the shut-off solenoid and ran some jumper cables from >the starter to the battery. So no, it does not *need* an alternator to...
• Re: Relocating the battery to the rear of the van - ideas anyone???
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 20:07:17 -0500
  ...to move the main battery to the rear of the van so there isn't 10 miles of cable to run all that current...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:14:01 -0700
  ...1 > > For single-conductor wires, Del City also has battery cable and welding > cable, but you may be able to get smaller quantities and...
• Re: battery questions
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:01:30 -0500
  ...I pulled the positive lead (battery out of circuit) off the battery and was connecting the cables. They sparked as if I was welding...
• Re: Running fridge with an aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 20:16:16 -0700
  ...I use an identical battery in both positions. I don't change the stock battery/alternator wiring at all, just run a #8 with...
• Re: it just stops! What do I do? - was Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:24:04 -0600
  ...You must have enough sense to know >> that you >> need to remove the negative cable on the battery and that you need >> to clamp...
• Re: Low voltage
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:00:14 -0700
  ...The alternator current output goes to each of these points before following the huge starter cable from the starter to the battery. At the...
• Re: Recommended battery booster works great
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:19:52 -0800
  ...us, otherwise I can jump myself by running cables from those terminals to our house battery under the sink. >> >> Never needed it� yet� kinda...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:19:54 -0500
  ...They have to have big cables >> direct to the battery; a heavy switch that can switch them on and off under >> load without burning...
• Re: Propane Heater "Tundra Toaster"
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:30:38 -0400
  ...standard propane tank 20lb, and 12V ?amps with cable and spring clamps for direct battery attachment. Output 100C to 700C air, 10,000 to...
• Re: Starter Solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 8 May 2003 11:59:08 -0400
  ...length and go to a local battery shop and have them fabricate a long >ground cable (welding cable, #2 gauge) with ring terminals crimped...
• Re: Fire Ruins My Day
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:24:24 -0400
  ...Cost was Cdn$2000 for replacing of wiring harness, battery cables, fuel lines, gas tank piping, gas heater, right passenger and sliding windows. Still...
• Re: Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:27:36 -0300
  ...Also, you may be getting miss lead so you also need to look at the B+ wire from the alternator to the battery. It...
• Re: proper battery fit
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:47:32 -0400
  ...With the hoses for gas and the > > > cables, the battery is almost squeezed into the box. Now, there is a > > > clamp. My understanding was...
• Re: Recommendations for Aux battery hardware
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:59:00 -0700
  ...The alternator wiring especially from the alternator itself to the starter-battery cable is already taxed even for a stock set up. Using a...
• Re: holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:58:10 -0300
  ...in the lower right-hand corner (next to where the battery ground cable bolts to the chassis. This hole looks like there may have...
• Re: Brief Report on Norcold after a Week of Camping
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:39:57 -0700
  ...to > disconnect everything from the battery to protect other circuits, like the > Norcold. BTW, I had the Honda cable for this, two guys parked...
• Re: battery questions
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:12:26 -0800
  ...I pulled the positive lead (battery out > of circuit) off the battery and was connecting the cables. They sparked as > if I was welding...
• Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - rsf
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:14:28 -0500
  ...the starter and the battery? > >Is the bonding strap you're talking about here different from the ground >cable from the transmission to the...
• checking ignition switch?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:25:23 EST
  ...I posted a few weeks ago, 86 syncro having electrical problems, alt is fine, battery is fine, starter is fine. Sometimes I go to...
• first week of july project (part 1)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 2 Jul 2011 21:06:26 -0400
  ...battery compartment (yes, my wiring is designed with this in mind. All the internal wiring is 6 gauge, though the custom jumper cable is...
• Optima Yellow vs. Red as Starter Battery
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ball
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 00:19:33 -0500
  I have an Optima Yellow Top that I have used on several occations as my primary starting battery (long story). I have had it...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome, et al
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:59:26 -0800
  ...the cable. >> >>http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/Battery1.JPG >>http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/Battery2.JPG >>http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/Battery3.JPG >>http...
• Re: Seized Engine?
  Historical mailing list - David Gunning
  Sat, 20 May 2006 12:39:40 -0400
  ...Looks kinda odd having > this heavy duty cable running under the van from the battery to the > starter, but there you go. > > This is...
• Re: Dual-Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:10:35 -0400
  ...I would like to use something a little more graceful than a jumper cable as I will be living in the van for the...
• Re: Interesting '87 Westy charging problem
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 24 May 2004 17:42:02 -0400
  ...St Helens, restart and both battery warning and O2 > sensor warning lights stay on. Flicker and go off around 3500rpm. > > 2. Drive 150 miles...
• Re: Vanagon Syncro Delayed Start
  Historical mailing list - John Hung
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 17:13:35 -0500
  ...I'm assuming you've checked out other aspects of the system (battery, cables, etc). Hope this helps. John Hung (EE professor at Auburn...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Battery to starter cable
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 3 Nov 2010 15:51:38 -0700
  ...Battery to starter cable >I will consider stepping up and having replacement battery to starter lines >produced. Please pmail me if interested in purchasing...
• Re: Misfiring Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 19:41:13 EST
  ...So I replaced the ground strap with a insulated battery cable for an American car that already had the ends on it and everything...
• Re: Dual-Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:51:37 -0700
  ...Jumper cables are too easy to knock out of position to rely on when people are in or around the vehicle. There are lots...
• Re: Humidity and storage
  Historical mailing list - Calle
  Wed, 1 Dec 2004 16:46:00 +0100
  ...it from being stolen, might be enough to disconnect battery ground or some cable to the distributor since thievs often don�t have the...